Indira Varma
Indira Varma (born May 14, 1973 in Bath , Somerset ) is a British actress of Indian and Swiss origin . Success she gained through television appearances and movie roles, including Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love , Bride and Prejudice and the - in the English speaking - very successful drama - television series Rome .
Life
Varma is the daughter of an Indian father and a Swiss mother. She made her first acting experiences at the Musical Youth Theater Company (MYTC), a theater in Bath, and later (1992 to 1995) at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), one of the most famous drama schools.
Varma's career began in 1996 with the film Kamasutra: A Tale of Love in Bollywood . Since the government at the time would have indexed the film because of the controversial content, the film was originally released under the name Maya & Tara . After her role in the film, which received an Independent Spirit Award , there was great interest in her acting talent from the film industry: within ten years she starred in over 20 films from film production facilities in India, Great Britain and Germany .
Varma finally gained great fame through her roles in the series Attachments as Sasha , in Rome as Niobe and in Game of Thrones as Ellaria Sand .
Filmography
- 1996: Clancy's Kitchen
- 1996: Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
- 1997: Sixth Happiness
- 1998: Jinnah
- 1999: Psychos (TV series)
- 2000: Sci-Fright (TV series)
- 2000: Other People's Children (TV series)
- 2000: Ten Insane Days (TV movie)
- 2001: Escape from the Past ( The Whistle-Blower , TV movie)
- 2002: Mad Dogs
- 2003: Reversals (TV movie)
- 2004: Dear Indian (Bride & Prejudice)
- 2004: Donovan (TV series)
- 2005: Broken News (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2005: A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (TV movie)
- 2005–2007: Rome (TV series)
- 2005: Schock ( The Quatermass Experiment , TV movie)
- 2006: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: In the Blink of an Eye (TV movie)
- 2006: Basic Instinct - New game for Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct 2)
- 2006: Torchwood (TV series, two episodes)
- 2007: Comanche Moon
- 2007: Sex and Death 101
- 2008: Bones ( Bones , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2008: Criminal Intent (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2010: Hustle - Dishonest lasts longest ( Hustle , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2010: Luther (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2010–2011: Human Target (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2012: The Gates of the World ( World Without End , television multipart)
- 2012: Hunted ( Hunted , TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2013: Mindscape
- 2014-2017: Game of Thrones (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2014: Exodus : Gods and Kings
- 2016: Una
- 2016: Paranoid (TV series)
- 2018: Patrick Melrose (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2019: Official Secrets
- since 2019: Carnival Row (TV series)
Web links
- Indira Varma in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Indira Varma in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Varma, Indira |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress of Indian and Swiss descent |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bath , Somerset , England , UK |